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Autodesk Smoke 2013 an Editors Perspective…

Autodesk Inc. recently announced Smoke 2013 on the Mac. According to the literature they have decreased the price from $15,000.00 US down to $3499.00 US. They have expanded the “authorized systems” that it can run on to include Macbook Pros, … Continue reading

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Fox celebrates 500 episodes of The Simpsons!

As the 500th episode of The Simpsons was quickly approaching, FOX Studios honored the show with a big party on the FOX Studios Lot. Among other things; there was a life sized Homer Simpson strolling around taking pictures with anyone … Continue reading

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Pressure sensitive iPad Pen!

  Ok so here is something I know everyone in animation will like. A Pressure sensitive iPad pen! It’s pretty ingenious. It uses hi frequency sound to control the pressure. You can check it out here or check out the … Continue reading

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Time-lapse for the rest of us

So I’m not sure how may of you out there are into photography but I came across this kickstarter project that looks really cool.  It’s a very sophisticated time-lapse controller for your SLR. The firmware will be open source. Even … Continue reading

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New Jobs Posted Today. Check them out

Hi all we’ve had some new jobs posted today so check them out! I also wanted to wish every one a happy new year for 2012. The past few years have been hard on our industry especially for the independent … Continue reading

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Remembering Karen Aqua

I still find it difficult to wrap my head around a world where you might be lucky to have one opportunity a year to see multiple animated films. This is what Linda Simensky (V.P. of Children’s Programming at PBS) described … Continue reading

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We’re up and running Start your Posts!

Ani-jobs.com jobs forum is up and running! So what does that mean? It means we’ve transitioned all the posts and user accounts from the old board to the new board. (Hurray!!) Well kind of. If you can’t login with your … Continue reading

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Please Excuse the Mess!!

Where is the job forum!? Good Question. Long story…. Basically the job forum was built on an open source system called phpbb. The good part about this software is that it’s free, it’s open source and it has a huge … Continue reading

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The BIG 12!!! An Interview with a Killustaration GOD Marc Scheff!!!!

I first met Marc Scheff in 2009 when I join his Meetup group Figure Drawing for Illustrators. At the time it was held in the super cool, always artsy, and full of suprises Williamsburg neighborhood in  Brooklyn NY. Coming in, … Continue reading

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Are You What I Am Looking For?

Are you what I am looking for? Sounds a bit like something out of a princess movie! Are you what I am looking for? (If you cued singing birds and dancing butterflies cut it out! I’m trying to be serious … Continue reading

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